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management and 4 million government workers actually compromise sensitive information on millions of other americans? even congress does not know. >> we will have a briefing on this at the beginning next week in a classified setting. reporter: hackers actually got data and social security numbers on every federal employee as well is military -- reporter: are you holding back about the information? >> there are certain elements of the investigation that we're reluctant to talk about publicly. reporter: the opm website says family members were not affected but have not updated their website since june 4. members of congress tell us the consequences could be harmful to many. >> we just don't know how they will use it. what a compromise people for national security? is also much but credit card fraud as national security. reporter: blackmail or espionage is some of the risk and there is
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still little protection from congress. >> at this point, when the intelligence community sees it attack coming in, they cannot share information with another group. we have to change that and that is congress that has to stand up and do that. reporter: meanwhile, the irs announced what it calls a new era of security saying that specialist in the tech industry, both private as well as government tech experts, have come together to create a program that will better protect people from identity theft. that program will be instituted in working for the next tax filing system rolls around -- tax filing season rolls around. scott thuman, abc 7 news. alison: a northern virginia teenager admits he provided support to isil. he now faces up to 15 years in prison following his guilty plea to date. prosecutors say amin helps somebody us travel to syria to help fight with isil.
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jeff goldberg will have more on this story on abc 7 news at 6:00. leon: you can bet that a lot of kids and probably adults are outside splashing around in spray parks and bounds around the area. it is been the hottest day of the year so far. steve rudin is in the stormwatch seven weather center to explain what is going on. you say we are looking at a minor he wave? steve: wait until tomorrow. we will add to the temperatures the dew point levels will feel -- temperatures around 100 degrees across much of the area. it is 90 at dulles. 91 in gaithersburg. 91 at reagan national airport. 94 degrees in fredericksburg. the heat index making it feel even more uncomfortable. 99 at reagan national. it feels like 100 in frederick.
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from the mountains to the beaches, it is hot and humid and it is only going to get worse as a move into tomorrow and saturday. just a few clouds out there right now. that is not going to give us much relief from the heat.if you have evening plans outside, take it easy even though the sun will set around 8:30. temperatures will slowly fault through the 80's and eventually get to the 70's. more on the weekend coming up in just a few minutes. reporter: the live breaking desk at the newsroom. we have information about a shooting. a judge now says there is enough evidence to charge cleveland police officers in 12-year-old -- death. rice was holding a pellet gun when police rolled up on the scene. he was quickly shot and killed by those officers back in november. surveillance video shows the officers arriving at the scene, quickly yelling at the boy, and then firing a shot within a matter of seconds. a group of activists filed
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citizen affidavits to seek arrest wanted murder charges against the officers involved. the charges have not yet been filed, but the judge says there was enough evidence to proceed in this case. we will continue to follow this story. abc 7 news, back to you. alison: police are investigating how a 19 rolled woman who just celebrate her birthday yesterday died after a night at a popular nightclub. she was at eco stage last night and this afternoon abc 7 news learned she was in the city from sterling virginia. brianne carter has the latest. reporter: still a number of questions about exactly what happened. police are investigating the death of it -- of victoria callahan who died out -- after a night out on her birthday. she was rest to the hospital after attending a show at echosattage wednesday night.
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the teen at the club under birthday was under the influence of the drug 'molly.' while it is unclear what happened, officials say she died the 20 of the hospital. >> i cannot believe it. reporter: this video was taken inside the concert last night. at echostage is a sign saying that will remove anyone seen using illegal substances. the teen have recently returned to her home in sterling after being away at college. >> she was at the university. reporter: back in 2013, a similar situation. shelley goldsmith collapsed at the popular venue. her father said he was told by his daughter's friends she ingested molly before her death.
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reporter: we reached out to the venue for a comment and they do inspect release a statement sometime soon. brianne carter, abc 7 news. alison: meanwhile metro leaders finally address the issue of spontaneously opening doors on railcars. in the last two weeks, three trains of expansion doors suddenly opening while the cars were in motion. the most recent incident this week on the red line. steven tschida is live with more. reporter: reports of doors opening at three railcars, two confirmed in one still under investigation. metro is pulling some 100 series 4000 cars out of operation. that means these commuters heading for the red blue, orange, and green lines are in for a more crowded ride. >> coming through. reporter: metro still reeling
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from a string of smoke incidents which left one woman dead. now, another frightening issue for price is -- passengers. >> the train opened. reporter: this shot shows just what happened. three times in the past couple of weeks, doors sprung open on railcars. >> i cannot believe it. they had the red line trained in the door was wide open. reporter: in one incident, a passenger alerted the conductor but the train kept going. >> we had a mechanical failure as well as a failure of personnel. reporter: the deputy general manager says it all happened on 4000 series railcars. he pulled all 100 of them out of service for inspections. he notes the investigation and removal of the cars is slowing passengers. >> they have to get this under control. reporter: so far, investigators found no commonality between the sudden door openings on trains. no single cause.
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>> imagine some of meeting on those doors. how many people have to get hurt or die before better starts taking some action? reporter: those trains out of business, that means the 9=8-car trains will be more crowded during to the commutes here they expect have that series 4000 cars back in operation on tuesday. reporting live, steven tschida abc 7 news. alison: metro riders could see delays this summer in the wake of that deadly smoke incident back in january. earlier this week, the agency calls for repairs along the third rail. steven will have more on what that means writers coming up at -- riders at 6:00. leon: the woman hit by the bus this morning has died. it happened this morning endure
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would. christina ruinoso was in the crosswalk when the bus turned and hit her. the bus driver was not injured. school officials say he has a good driving record and it were no buses -- children on the bus. alison: new information about a man accused of abusing his elderly mother. that woman died from her unthinkable injuries. montgomery county reporter kevin lewis six points why prosecutors may now file manslaughter charges. >> james kirkland accused of abusing his own mother inside the family's longtime bethesda home. according to documents, joe kirkland had large bed sores on her back and leg. many of the wounds were packed with newspaper and a pattern substance. when dr. removed the dressing, the woman's spine was visible. >> good lord. where is his love? reporter: virginia richardson is her neighbor.
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>> but good lord. it would take a completely numb person not to understand that that is not a good situation. reporter: this is the kind of heartbreaking case they can happen. montgomery county police chief says his department will not tolerate elderly abuse. >> that woman has since passed away. in that case is now being moved to our homicide unit. reporter: today, kirkland did not answer the door. >> it is pretty shocking. reporter: she is glad prison time might be in store for her neighbor. >> i do not think he had good intentions. i think he is a mean bloke. really a danger to people. reporter: kevin lewis, abc 7 news. leon: coming up at 5:00, new
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information about white doctors told the copilot of the germanwings airliner he was not fit to fly. >> i have been calling them back . i've been texting them. they are not answering my calls here -- calls. alison: we are on the case after a woman says removers disappeared with all of her belongings. leon: plus -- this dog's family was wonder what happened to her. find out how you folks out there helped bringing her family one class -- step closer to this little girl. reporter: a hazardous day in the washington metropolitan region. i will sell you what it means for our area when abc 7 news at 5:00 returns.
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reporter: breaking news for you. this is the martise johnson case here -- case. he was beaten by a virginia abc officer just outside of it officer -- bar in charlottesville in march.
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pictures of the the rest of his face bloody here he was charged with of structured of justice and public intoxication. the rest sparked protests. it also sparked virginia state police to investigate the case. again, the common with attorney recommending that charge is not only be dropped against him, but no criminal charges filed against any of the officers involved in this. they are looking for a healthy dialogue in the community. the announcement will officially be made sometime tomorrow. back to you. leon: trending now. the death of a wrestling legend. israel really was fertile ronald's, -- virgil ronald's. he was known as dusty roads. one of only a handful of wrestlers to be in all six hall of fame. the debbie debbie announced today that he died at the age of 69. they are not released any more
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information on his death. alison: the richmond area woman is accused of leaving her children in a hot car on two occasions. she left her children ages six and one inside her car while she went shopping last month. she was supposed to come to court to be booked on that charge and while she was being booked, police say she left her kids in the car. for more than an hour with the windows closed. >> they had sweat on their brow and four head. the car was not running. they seemed to be ok. it was very hot. alison: officers brought the children into the courthouse and give them water while they were waiting for their father to arrive. newbie is now free on bond. leon: today is that kind of day too. alison: it really started to feel like summer out there today. leon: hazy, hot, and humid and it is the hottest day since last
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september. suzanne kennedy is live and georgetown with a look at what this could mean for your health. reporter: this is what you needed today and this is the kind of place you needed to be. if you think today's miserable for healthy people, imagine those that have respiratory or heart ailments. tomorrow is not going to be any better. it is the kind of day where you are better off staying inside. >> air-quality forecast for today is code orange, which means air-quality is excited to be in the unhealthy range for children and anyone with respiratory problems or heart conditions. reporter: ruby green is extra cautious on days like today. she has copd, which means she is on oxygen. a code orange means a day inside her howard county apartment. >> it feels like so many has your hand over your mouth and your nose and you are trying to brief. the longer you were out, the worse it gets. reporter: this is day one of the
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first the wave of the season. at six flags part yes no hydration is key. especially when you are spending hours outside. >> i think it will get worse route the day. reporter: she is keeping a close eye on her twin granddaughters. they will get a lot of liquid to make sure they are hydrated. authorities say people should be especially careful given the fact that this is the first he ways of the season. >> you can just be outside not exerting yourself that much and still have the heat affect you. there are a couple of her illness as we are concerned about. the mers critical being heatstroke. reporter: according to a team of scientists compiled bneywell fans, washington dc is the sixth sweaty is city in the country. i've been outside all day and i wondered why are so low on the list. what honey will do is be out on the national mall giving up
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personal fans to everyone in the city who shows up to get one. i think we should be higher. suzanne kennedy, abc 7 news. leon: i'm giving you props for getting that a clean. the sweaty is city. we will see you. heading to the beach this weekend, consider this. the maryland transportation authority is saying get ready for delays on saturday before he desperately 8:30 a.m. and 11 :00 because it will be -- 11:00 because the ruby 500 cyclists. they will be even more delays with their annual chesapeake bay bridge swim. a lot of people out there the same time. alison: we are sweaty. now we are officially the 6th sweatiest. steve: all this will do is push more warm air.
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not good. two more hot days on the way. we will have a little bit of relief and i will tell you about the beach forecast in a moment. it is murky out there even though we have hardly any clouds we have a thin layer of hayes. -- haze. that will keep her temperatures down for the most of the day. this is national harbor for you. 90 degrees right now at reagan national airport. the wind is that is a south at 12 balls for our. the dew point level starting to increase. the dew point in the lower 70's and that is where it will feel uncomfortable around here. and tomorrow even more in comfortable with high temperatures affected about 95 degrees and the heat index around 100. we are at 90 at reagan national airport. 91 degrees and gaithersburg. 93 at frederick. look it lorraine. petersburg and 90.
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-- at 90. the higher elevations at 86 degrees. it feels like 101 in frederick for. -- fredericksburg. their high today made it up to 90 degrees. the record was 93. one degrees shy of that record. it stands it 101 at reagan national airport in terms of the actual air temperature. this evening, it is going to be hot and humid. tempers around 90 degrees. temperatures will slowly fall into the 80's as we move through the evening hours. lots of heat off to the north and west of us. a cold front well to the north and west. ec low 60's in minneapolis. that will eventually make its way to our area towards the middle of the upcoming weekend. tonight we will call for a few clouds. not going to amount for a whole lot. 76 degrees. you will want to keep the air conditioners on or say some place where it is cool.
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tomorrow we will watch a frontal system off to the northwest that will try to move its way closer to us. they may bring up a few scattered showers and thunderstorms. not inspecting things to become severe. by sunday, we get this frontal system a little further to the south of us. that will drop our daytime high temperatures. tomorrow is going to be hot. 74 degrees at 7:00 in the morning. 94 by 5:00. your extended our shows heat and humidity coming on saturday. upper 80's on sunday. the same on monday. back to the lower 90's on tuesday. take it easy tomorrow in they should the pats have lots of water and the kids are well hydrated. ice cream, the works. leon: sunscreen, ice cream. alison: thank you. leon: tonight they're getting used to having their feedback on the ground. alison: find out what is putting the astronauts in their record books after the mission onboard
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the international space station. reporter: after a terrible crash, a truck driver's companion dog runs away. the owners come to us for your help and you the viewers come up big. when we come back, the happy ending we've all been -- involving sassy the dog. leon:
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leon: this potato truck accident made a mess yesterday. but more than 54,000 people shared the story about it on the wjla facebook page but the dog that was missing from the cap after the crash. we told you that the family of the driver reached out to us for help in finding sassy. alison: tonight, she is about to be back with the drivers family. brad bell is live with the great story. reporter: this is the story that speaks to the power of local television and social media. people heard about sassy the dog and they went out looking at about 3:00 this morning they started spotting her. they call the folks at animal control in they went out at about 5:00 this morning and a founder. we can show you pictures of sassy the truck driving dog in the shelter today. she is a little skittish from her ordeal but seems a very sweet dog.
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loves getting a little bit of attention. no major injuries. the only problem for us is we have lost the owners of the dog. they told us they would be here around 1:00 for a reunion. they have run into traffic on their way from york, pennsylvania. they correct to be here in another hour or so to take up the dog. the nice folks at animal control are staying open and waiting for her -- them. alison: typical traffic around here right? leon: everybody was to help them except for jb sullivan. -- jamie sullivan. alison: we look forward to seeing that reunion. coming up at 5:00, half paycheck? find out how whole foods plan is to downsize. leon: refining the search. will lead investigators to those two escaped murderers -- to refine your search for the two escaped murderers. reporter: new details after a
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former high school athlete's discharge in another
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>> you're watching abc 7 news at 5:00. on your side. alison: a recent high school graduate faces murder charges after a stabbing we first told you about last night at 5:00 along castle boulevard and silver springs. montgomery county police --
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latest on the investigation. >> we were shocked about it. reporter: news spread quickly after learning that 19-year-old mitchell zio, a former athlete, have been charged in another teens death. >> i was devastated. reporter: police arrived at the scene on castle boulevard on wednesday and asked 18-year-old derek benson who stabbed him. he told police it was mitchell. benson, a student in the alternative program, later died at the hospital. >> i thought it was some sort of joke that when i heard all these people crying and saying he died -- reporter: officers found the suspect and he said "he was sitting in a vehicle with several suspects approached. 'he pulled out a knife and started swinging it. officers said he had close on his -- blood on his close, hands, and and they also found a
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bloody knife. >> we learned that these two were not strangers. they were no to each other and this is not a stranger-based event. reporter: documents show that he officer "what happened to the guy i staffed? -- stabbed?" he told officers he acted in self-defense. reporter: he has a preliminary hearing set in court next month. living gaithersburg, diane cho abc 7 news. leon: let us look at the top stories this evening. the hacking against the federal government seems to be worsen first thought. the head of a major government union says information on every federal employee may be compromised. they got social security numbers, birthdays pension information, military records among other information. alison: i-19 roland died at the going out at the echostage michael last night here it
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victoria callahan of sterling, virginia was celebrity your birthday and was possibly on the influence of the drug mali. -- molly. she later died. leon: metro has removed 4000 series railcars after at least two incidents in which the cars' doors open in transit. metro is running safety checks right now. they have not found out why the doors opened. alison: we have new information about the copilot of the germanwings plane that crashed in march. andrea'ss lubitz was afraid he was losing his eyesight and many the doctors said he was unfit to flight. under german privacy laws that prevented any of those doctors from actually contacting germanwings with their concerns. he is said to have crashed the plane on purpose. search crews say they will keep looking for malaysia airlines flight 370 for another year at
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most. that airliner disappeared a year ago with 239 people on board. it was traveling from kuala lumpur to beijing. modest -- most of the search experts have been in the indian ocean. authorities say they are not giving up hope yet, but without any new leads they will not expand their search area. leon: investigators are trying to determine why a freight train partially derailed in houston this morning. 11 of the cars derailed and two of them went over the edge of a bridge. a highway headed be closed in both directions. no series injuries reported. the train was curing there is kind of cargo, but no hazardous materials. alison: three astronauts have their feet on solid ground tonight. the american, russian, and italian touchdown this morning. the group included some -- samantha for ready -- forretti.
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she spent 199 days in space and also became his social media darling because she said a lot of tweets ever based on star trek. leon: didn't she request the espresso machine? alison: yes, the italian in space. leon: let's get a check on the traffic situation with jamie sullivan watching things for us. jamie: we are seeing the typical delays. let's begin taking a live look near river road. the inner loop and outer loop volume. we have sun glare to watch out for. i crash will be further in maryland towards 97 friday route 50. as a move to the mapping system, let's focus in in -- on this. we are in the single digits in some spots. 21 miles per hour before the american legion bridge. as we continue closer to river road, 15 miles per hour and continuing into bethesda.
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49 miles per hour on the outer loop. inner loop is the red stretch we see. that is a look at traffic right now, back to you. alison: 7 is on your side. whole foods says it hopes to open a new chain of smaller stores with lower prices. it is named after its house brand. it will be called 365 by whole foods market. whole foods says it wants to fight intense competition amongst stores offering organic and natural products. another consumer-related news, rupert murdoch is stepping down as ceo of 21st century fox. he is expected to be replaced by his son, james murdoch. the mogul will remain on as the company's executive chairman. these changes will be made official at a board meeting next week, but it is still unclear when they will actually take affect. leon: coming up at 5:00 --
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>> my life is been a beautiful story but one piece is missing. leon: cousins can be close, but these two cousins just became even closer. alison: seven on your side after a woman claims are moving company took her stuff. and then just as appeared. leon: the university of maryland approves alcohol sales at sporting events.
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reporter: breaking news. if he know someone using wisconsin avenue to get home they will be late. two manhole covers blowoff and the street and the d.c. fire and pepco are on the scene. some lanes are closed and it is just crawling with traffic right now. they are hoping to have power restored sometime by about 8:00, but in the meantime we understand at least a couple of hundred people in the area, 2500 people, are without power. restoration should take place around 8:00 tonight. back to you. leon: a woodbridge woman
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contacted 7 on your side after the movers she hired disappeared with some of her belongings. she tried to get in touch of them without any luck. 7 on your side was able to find the movers and or thinks. -- her things. reporter: deborah edwards said he was down on her luck and needed to move all of her belongings. >> i hired jones family movers. they called me and told me everything could not fit in my storage unit. i said ok, drop it at my daughter's house and that would be fine. she's about 5000 here. -- five miles from here. reporter: they did not show up. >> i've been calling the back and texting them. they are not answering my calls. they still have might key. leon:reporter: everything was going
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fine with the jones brothers who moved out of her home. that night, she said she went to the storage unit to see what was there. >> every thing is still piled up. i cannot tell what is missing and what is not. reporter: two weeks went by. >> i've frustrated and angry. all in one does my stuff. i do not know what to do so white reached out to you. reporter: we called jones family movers and i was able to talk to the president of the company who said they moved her belongings. jones told me we have or thinks and we've been trying to get in contact with her but have not been able to. minutes after, jones said he got in touch with edwards and told me he is giving her a partial refund because the move was in his words "a mess up on his company's fault -- side." >> great. 7 on your side works again. leon: this story came into seven on your side the e-mail. you can let us know how we can
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be on your side and just color tip hotline. or right is set tips wjla.com. alison: we've been talking about how hot and sticky it is. the summer sun can take a lot out of you. leon: just how important it is for your kiss as a hydrated. stay with
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alison: a health matters alert on this hot day as the temperatures rise, so should your water intake. a glass of water on a hot summer day. it might be really crucial for children because there is a new harvard study that suggests more than half of children are not getting the water they need to stay properly hydrated. that can lead to dehydration sy dizziness, and fatigue. leon: make sure the kids get water. the maryland department of education nominated 24 top parents in the pick one who best represents in getting involved in giving back. alison: this year was a
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montgomery county public school dad who formed west one cares. rebecca cooper has more on the middle school program designed to help low income or any student in the. -- need. reporter: two students in this gym class today say it is a quiet room called westland market that makes their middle school special. >> i like that it provides healthy foods throughout the whole year. reporter: any student can come friday to take food home for their families. >> we do not have this in elementary school. it is a good shock. reporter: westland cares also provides gift cards, funding for activities, and even scholarship money. vouchers for students to buy new books is one of the principles favorite parts of the program. >> we ask students to get to gifts and a student says i have seven brothers and sisters and
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we say you get seven gifts. reporter: for the family that started this, natasha wrote a letter nominating them for the maryland statewide school board -- involvement program. which they won. >> i was really -- i started crying because it was that touching. reporter:>> i want to do something like that. reporter: for daughter rachel is exempt of eyes volunteerism that the curriculum and stresses. leon: nice to know we have folks like that. alison: nice program. leon: two women who shared an unbreakable bond as cousins are celebrating and even stronger bond in later life as mother and daughter. muriel clayton has adopted 76er old mary smith, her cousin. clayton took her into the home after a family tragedy over 60 years ago.
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she wanted to adopt or a long time ago until smith's biological mother died this month out of respect. >> i said i have been thinking about adopting you. how you feel about that? her face lit up. >> "little face/" [laughter] >> it was exciting news. leon: they went down to the dallas county courthouse to officially became mother and daughter. they have some of the best genes in the world. alison: they look really good don't they? leon: she adopted a 76er old daughter. alison: at 92. let's check in with steve. leon: it feels like dallas here. steve: the heat and humidity is back again today, tomorrow and
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saturday. we go from the weather center. 91 in winchester. 90 at reagan national airport and at dulles. we did not break any records today at any of our local airports. look out pretty well hope it beach delaware is right now. -- rehobeth beach, delaware is right now. still a little bit on the cool side, around 70 degrees. saturday and sunday, ocean city and bethany around 80. middle 70's by saturday at the outer banks of north carolina. we are talking temperatures around 90 degrees. water temperatures in the middle 70's. the further south you go, the warmer the surf. through the next 48 hours, some showers will bubble up midday tomorrow. not expecting anything to amount to a whole lot. you might find some heavier downpours with these and we repeat the process on saturday.
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for tomorrow, high temperatures in the middle 90's with temperatures in the upper 90's. the next seven days, lower 90's on saturday and back in the lower 80's on sunday and monday. we will be in the lower 90's on tuesday. if you like it hot and humid the next two days are dedicated to you. alison: that is one way to put it, steve. leon: a big-time night. robert: don't sleep on steph curry because it can heat up at any moment. we are back in cleveland for game for with the cavaliers leading to-one to lebron james is 41 points a game. what more can the guy do? he still looking to his teammates for help. remembering that these guys do not have nba finals experience. >> i expect so much of our group. we have lost 17 playoff games
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together and i look back at it and say this is the first time being in the situation. i should not be so hard on them but we learn from them. >> the guys have done a great job with this first time being a part of this. this is our first time together in this position. robert: yesterday, we spoke with the australian ambassador and they are a little bit more than getting about matthew dellavedova. in his hometown, the local possible association is pushing for a local stadium to be renamed in honor of the australian guard. they will called it "the dellavedova dome." what do you do when you have a stadium named after you? you want from -- familiar with the splash brothers. read the filipino splash brothers at the southeast asian games. they did not have a lot of shots and practice so this happened.
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so painful. afterwards, they slapped hands. a confidence booster. maybe the next guy is better. not so much. both of their scores were zero. it's not like it was of the community pool or the l.a. fitness on the street. i would have given them an 11. leon: stay in the jacuzzi fellas. alison: what is that about? robert: they get an a for effort. leon: not afraid to be embarrassed in front of the entire world. robert: two against the world.
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alison: investigators think they are hunting and of those to escape convicts. reporter: new leads spark fresh hopes that officials are closing in on richard met and david sweat. and you are state official says that dogs and picked up the scent three miles from the clinton correctional facility in dannemora where they escaped. investigators found a boot imprint, food wrappers, and a possible location where they may have slept. within 500 officials have said of a large for them at her and are going door-to-door >>. >> we are looking under every rock, behind every tree, and inside every structure until we catch them. >> helicopters everywhere. it is quite the scene. reporter: a major highway five also the prison has been shut down. the mayor of plattsburgh, new york says he's urging residents to sailor. -- stay alert.
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>> where telling them to be sure there's anything unusual that they see, no matter how trivial, that they tell us so we can follow up. reporter: the search also includes vermont. they had information that the fugitives may have heading there. authorities also continue to investigate how these two netscape. a source close to the investigation says this prison employee, joyce mitchell, a a planned to pick them up that backed out at the last minute. authorities are not charged her with a crime. the source says she is cooperative with officials. alison: that is it for abc 7 news at 5:00. at 6:00, breaking on the federal government hack. every federal employee will be affected and what new information has been compromised. single tracking for more than a year? metro's repair plan after that deadly smoke incident.
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a teenager tied to terrorism. how authorities say a 17-year-old from manassas was alerted to the world of isil. abc 7 news at 6:00 starts right now. >> this is a breaking news alert. leon: the personal data of every single federal employee has been compromised in the hacking of a government database according to a federal employee union that is claiming the affected workers include military, active in veterans. the scope of the information compromised is mind-boggling. scott, tell us about it? reporter: we have specifics now. a week ago the ministry's and emitted that 4 million current and former employees had their information compromised. now, the head of the union of representing government employees says that all federal employees did have their information stolen.
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we are talking about social security number's birthdays, addresses, and more. a lot of this coming from the office of personnel management the omp. she says the hacker stole military records, as top of that there are reports that he goes well beyond that. relatives and friends, any information that these employees had to put down on the background checks or employment application could of been breached. the white house was asked today if that happened. the press secretary said they are reluctant to talk about some elements because it could hinder the investigation. that investigation being seen -- overseen by the fbi. we are waiting to hear back for more details. leon: very interesting and very troubling. count on the seven on your site team to

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